When can I see the ISS over Manchester tonight?

The next ISS pass over Manchester starts at 03:10 local time on Tuesday 25 Aug, reaching 16° above the horizon — and it is visible to the naked eye.

Which direction should I look?

The ISS always moves from roughly west to east. It looks like a very bright, fast, non-blinking star crossing the whole sky in a few minutes.

ISS over Manchester — next pass times

Upcoming International Space Station passes over Manchester, UK for the next 3 days, in local Manchester time — computed from the latest orbital data and refreshed automatically.

🛰 Next ISS pass over Manchester

Tuesday 25 Aug · 03:10 · 16°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Manchester: Tue 25 Aug, 04:45

We'll email you the day before — and before every genuinely visible pass after that. Most crossings happen in daylight; we skip those.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Tuesday 25 Aug	03:10 visible 03:13–03:14	16°	~5 min	possible

Tuesday 25 Aug	04:45	45°	~7 min	★ good
Tuesday 25 Aug	06:22	63°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 25 Aug	07:58	34°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	02:23	11°	~2 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 26 Aug	03:57	36°	~6 min	★ good
Wednesday 26 Aug	05:34	64°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	07:10	43°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 26 Aug	08:48	14°	~4 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	03:10	28°	~6 min	★ good
Thursday 27 Aug	04:46	60°	~7 min	★ good
Thursday 27 Aug	06:22	52°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 27 Aug	07:59	20°	~5 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Manchester?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Manchester above 10° in the next 10 days: 45. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 18.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Manchester is on Tuesday 25 Aug at 03:10 local time, reaching 16° above the horizon. That is also the next one you can see with the naked eye.

How to spot it

Look for a bright, fast “star” that doesn't blink — the ISS outshines everything except the Moon and Venus.
It moves west to east, crossing the whole sky in 3–6 minutes.
Evening and pre-dawn passes are the visible ones — the station must be sunlit while your sky is dark. Daytime passes in the table are invisible to the eye.
Manchester is outside the ISS's ±51.6° orbital band, so it always appears toward the horizon rather than overhead.